You're probably thinking "what a weird thing to be thankful for." Not really! This week I went 42 hours without sleep. Oh I tried to sleep where I was, but because I was at the hospital, there was nowhere to lay down. So I found what looked to be a comfortable chair and closed my eyes. I managed a 10 minute nap. In 42 hours, I had 10 minutes of sleep. It wasn't deep sleep, nor probably very productive sleep. In fact, it didn't feel like I had slept at all. When I finally got home and could crawl into bed, I think I was snoring before my head hit the pillow. It felt so good to sleep lying down. Sleeping sitting up just doesn't do itl You may sleep but you wake up with cramps, aches, pains and feeling like you just aren't rested.
I've decided that living without Christ is much like sleeping sitting up. It just doesn't accomplish what you hope that it will. You end up never resting because true rest is only found IN Christ. You have aches and pains, traumas and tragedies, no matter what you do, it still just feels like you slept sitting up. I suggest laying your heart before the foot of the cross and receiving the peace and rest that only Christ can give. Imagine how good that will feel after years of disrupted sleep!
I've decided that living without Christ is much like sleeping sitting up. It just doesn't accomplish what you hope that it will. You end up never resting because true rest is only found IN Christ. You have aches and pains, traumas and tragedies, no matter what you do, it still just feels like you slept sitting up. I suggest laying your heart before the foot of the cross and receiving the peace and rest that only Christ can give. Imagine how good that will feel after years of disrupted sleep!
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